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UNITED STATES PATENT oEErcE.

JOSEPH E. LARSON AND JOHN P. LARSON, OF SILVER CREEK, NEBRASKA.

CORNGATHERER AND PICKER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 14, 1908.

Application filed June 25.1906- Serial No. 323272.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOSEPH E. LARSON and JonN P. LARSON, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Silver Creek, in the county of Merrickand State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Corn Gatherers and Pickers; and we do declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers Skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to corn gatherers and pickers; and one of theprincipal objects of the same is to provide means for cutting the carsfrom the stalks and conveying the ears to a suitable husking mechanism.

Another object of the invention is to pro vide means for cutting theears from the stalks as the machine is passing along the row of corn andto hold the ears down to the cutting mechanism and to drop the earsafter they are cut into a suitable feed trough'provided with a conveyerchain to carry the ears back to the husking mechanism.

Still another object is to simplify the construction of devices of thischaracter and to render them more reliable and efficient in operation.

The objects and advantages above referred to are attained by means ofthe construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a corn gatherer and picker made inaccordance with our invention; Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same;Fig; 3 is a longitudinal section; Fig. 4 is a transverse section takenon the line 4-4, Fig. 8; and 5 is a perspective view of one of thefeeding reels for holding the ears of corn down to the knives.

Referring to the accompanying drawings for a more particular descriptionof our invention, the numeral 1 designates the main frame of themachine, which may be mounted upon wheels, (not shown), and a casterwheel 2 at the front part of the machine.

Mounted upon the frame of the machine is a pair of oppositely-disposedspaced feed troughs 3 with a superposed framework 4 mounted thereon. Journaled in this frame work are shafts, 5, 6 carrying sprocket wheels 7,8, and passing around these sprocket wheels are feeding chains 9, 10provided with feeding fingers 11 at suitable intervals. These sprocketchains are operated by means of beveled gearing 11'" driven from theground wheels of the machine in the usual manner.

Upon the front portion of the frame the flaring gathering noses 12 areSecured. Journaled at opposite ends-in the framework and superposedabove the feeding troughs are the feeding reels 13. These reels compriseend disks 1% and longitudinal rods 15 extending through and secured tosaid. disks. These reels are rotated downwardly on the sides next thestalk passages to present the ears to the cutters or knives 1.7 by meansof the beveled gears 16.

The knives 17 are inclined upwardly and as the cutting edges aredisposed between the feeding rolls, so that as the corn is held downupon the cutting edges and the machine is drawn across the held, thecutters will sever the ears and drop them into the feeding troughs 18.The knives or cutters are se cured by bolts 19 to the inner member ofthe troughs, and said troughs are provided with conveyer chains 20 forcarrying the ears backward to any suitable husking mechanism, not shown.For operating the conveyer chains, sprocket wheels 21, 22 are securedunderneath the trough and are operated by a chain 24 extending back tothe main drive shaft, upon which the ground wheels are mounted.

The operation of our invention may be described as follows: As themachine is drawn across the field a row of corn passes between thegathering noses and up between the feeding fingers on the feedingchains. T he feeding reels moving downwardly carry the ears down andhold them in contact with the knives and sever the ears from the stalksand drop them into feed troughs where they are carried back by theconveyer chain's therein to any suitable husking devices. It is to benoted that the feeding chains upon the opposite sides of the feedingreels hold the stalk firmly at two points upon opposite sides of thecutting mechanism and upon opposite sides of the feeding reel and thisarrangement renders the device reliable and efficient for the purpose.It will be understood, of course, that our invention may be applied 'toa machine provided with any suitable husking mechanism.

Various changes in the form, proportion and the minor details ofconstruction may be resorted. to without departing from the principle orsacrificing any of the advantages of this invention, as defined by theappended claims.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new anddesire tosecure by Letters-Patent, is i 1. In a corn gatherer and picker, thecombination of oppositely disposed gathering noses defining alongitudinally extending passage-way, spaced feeding chains arranged tooperate longitudinally of the machine at the rear of said noses andforming an extension of the passageway, rotatably mounted. feeding reelsarranged longitudinally of the machine on either side of the passage-wayand feeding inwardly and downwardly and knives arranged below thefeeding reels.

2. In a corn gatherer and picker, the combination of oppositely disposedgathering noses defining a longitudinally extending passage-way for thestalks, a feeding chain extending rear ward ly from each of said noseson opposite sides of said passage-way and forming an extension thereof,knives arranged below the chains on either side of said. passage-way andmeans arranged to rotate inwardly and downwardly on opposite sides ofsaid passage-way for holding the corn in contact with the knives.

3. In a corn gatherer and picker, the combination of oppositely disposedgathering located below said chains on either side of said passage-way,means arranged on oppos1te sides of said passage-Way above the knivesand rotating downwardly and inwardly to hold the corn in contact withthe knives and means for conveying cut-off ears of corn to a place ofdeposit.

4. In a corn gatherer and picker, the combination of a supporting frame,oppositely disposed gathering noses, two sets of feeding chains mountedin the rear of said noses, feeding reels journaled in said frame betweenthe chains of the respective sets, receiving troughs disposed below saidreels, knives se cured to said troughs and conveyer' chains in saidtroughs.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

JOSEPII E. LARSON. JOHN P. LARSON. Witnesses:

J. WV. JAC MAN, N. L. S UmEs.

